Americans Away From Home

I was directed to this site to see this video, which I thought was an absolutely amazing interview. I scanned your comments a few times before commenting. Your feigned outrage is laughable, and for someone who tries to come off as informed, you certainly don't make any attempt to win anyone over with logic. Firstly: To say someone appears drunk is enough to be offensive. You're saying that they look incoherent and stupid. It's like saying someone looks pregnant when they aren't. The only other alternative is to apologize? Why? Because we all know that it implies that they look fat...you just didn't say it directly. By the way, I saw nowhere in your comment an apology, just a defense for making an unfounded and hyperbolic statement. Secondly: You don't have to listen to anything, with an open mind. That's your decision and we all have that right. However, it merely implies that you're not open to learning anything new, anyway...that you know everything you already want to know, and rejecting ahead of time anything you don't. Just to let you know, it doesn't make for a convincing argument when you try to convince people of something when it doesn't look like you came to an informed decision yourself. Believing someone is arrogant is your own business. Many times, however, that says more about the person coming to that conclusion than the person being judged. I have yet to see your references to how Obama would unintentionally destroy the Western world as we know it. That's a pretty clear crystal ball you might have there. Thirdly: Well, I just have no idea what you're referring to about the "ugly, narrow american". I will comment that many here in America do see McCain's views as ugly AND narrow. Especially when they compare it to the McCain beliefs of, oh say, 2000. If you lived in America, you would realize that the American press could turn a door slam from Paris Hilton into an insulting action. They would say that Paris is way too rich and doesn't believe poor people have the common courtesy to a polite door-shutting. I wonder if you saw the full clips or the edited versions? I was not insulted, and the majority of America was not insulted. The media elite were desperate and latched on to anything they could. It was sensationalism, something you seem to admire. Finally: I can't help that you believe that some people are willing to deify Obama. You can't help that they are. For the rest of us, we're willing to work for our collective futures in spite of (and because of) what the naysayers will always say. This comparisons and critiques will keep being made....why stop working? America will see that the right man is their president, you can bet on it. Jason. New York, NY